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Healthcare Assistant job vacancy

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Are you currently working with children and looking for a new role?

Are you passionate about enhancing a child or young person’s everyday life?

Would you like to progress your career by working with children who require complex clinical care?

Apollo Home Healthcare is seeking experienced Healthcare Assistants to support a baby with complex care needs.

We are looking for dedicated and compassionate Healthcare Assistants who are passionate about their job, enjoy delivering one to one support and who can build positive relationships with our service users and their families. 

Our service user is a young baby who lives with his family in Leicester.

You will be providing care throughout the night with tasks such as personal care, administering medication, undertaking careful moving and handling as well as carrying out clinical interventions.

It is important that you are happy to engage in the things he enjoys, supporting and encouraging his sensory, play and social needs.

If you are committed, motivated, enjoy delivering one to one support and can build positive relationships with our service users and their families, this could be just the position your looking for!

Our ideal candidate will have a genuine interest for working with children and you will be able to evidence this in your application.

Essential Experience Required 

• 6 months previous care experience 
• Medication Administration 
• Personal Care 
• Moving and Handling 
• Children’s Care

Desirable Experience 

• Nasal Gastric Tube (NG Tube)
• Ventilation Management
• Tracheostomy Care
• Knowledge of Cardiac related care

We have the following shifts available; 

• Waking Nights – 22:00 – 07:00   

This is a personally rewarding role where you can build on your clinical skills and experience, whilst delivering exceptional care and support to our service user and really making an impact on his day to day life. 

Why work for Apollo Home Healthcare?

We specialise in the provision of highly complex clinical care services delivered in the homes of service users.

We are passionate about delivering the highest standard of care and we recognise that our Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers are integral to doing this. In return for your hard work and dedication you will receive:

• Flexible hours to suit
• Confirmed rotas
• Excellent rates of pay
• Holiday pay
• Full clinical training
• Opportunity to work with other service users in the area
• Ongoing professional training and development

We need key workers on the front line supporting our service users in the fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic. Please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated recruitment team on 01902 847111 or email on recruitment@apollohomehealthcare.com to find out more.